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VERITAS NetBackup™ Encryption Option

INNOVATIVE DATA PROTECTION Product Highlights Continued:

NetBackup Encryption Option protects critical data
from unauthorized access and tampering while in
transit as well as when it resides on backup media.
The process of applying and managing encryption
keys is simplified through integration with NetBackup.
Simply select what level of encryption you want when
configuring backup policies and leave the rest to
NetBackup.
• Multiple Levels of Protection: 128-bit Advanced
Encryption Standard (AES), 128-bit Blowfish, Two
key triple DES (112-bit), and 256-bit AES. Support
for legacy 40 and 56-bit encryption.
• Client Level Encryption: Protects your backup
data at the source, as the backup occurs, providing
protecting data in transit to its backup destination

With multiple levels of encryption support for both files

and database, NetBackup provides peace of mind and
security for your backup data regardless of where it
lives or what happens to it.
NetBackup
ENCRYPTION MADE EASY client
NetBackup allows administrators to centrally manage
and track the encryption of backup data from within Tape
NetBackup. By using software as the controller of
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encryption, rather than media hardware, administrators
gain a heterogeneous security option that allows them
to encrypt and decrypt data regardless of the hardware
platform used for backup or recovery.

NetBackup software performs the data encryption on

the client, transfers the data across the network and NetBackup
stores it on tape in the encrypted format. On restores, server
the encrypted data is read from media and transferred
across the network to the client before decryption.
NetBackup Encryption Option protects data from the client source all
NetBackup provides data encryption using either 128- the way to the storage medium.
bit or 256-bit OpenSSL ciphers. This level of
encryption meets both U.S. government and corporate THE FORGOTTEN LINK
standards of encryption quality. NetBackup also Companies lock their buildings to protect their
supports 40 and 56-bit encryption methods for investments and secure their networks to protect data,
customers with legacy encryption. but often overlook the security of their backup and
disaster recovery data. Backup and recovery
Product Highlights: information often represents a complete mirror of
existing corporate and customer data making its
• Policy Driven Encryption: Apply and select security as important as primary sources of storage.
encryption methods based on your backup policies When companies move unencrypted backup
not the hardware or media type information by tape or disk to an offsite location, they
• Centralized Control: Administer and manage expose private customer data, corporate financial
encryption options and keys through NetBackup data, and intellectual property to significant risk.
• File System & Database Support: Encrypt major Encrypting your backup and recovery data provides
file systems and databases. you with an important layer of protection. When other

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 security measures fail or unexpected events such as NETBACKUP ENCRYPTION
data loss occur, encryption adds a known level of
security. OPTION SUPPORT
NetBackup encrypts data through backup policies.
PUTTING POLICY INTO ACTION The following policy types support encryption:
While some companies may be able speak to the data
that should be encrypted, they often have a difficult Platforms Support
time identifying and tracking which data should be
encrypted. Should you encrypt the whole backup • HP-UX
database or only part? Should all the files on a server • HP-Tru64
be encrypted, or only a portion? NetBackup provides • IBM AIX
you with the flexibility to backup and encrypt a portion
• Linux
of data, or all of the data, based on established
policies. • Microsoft Windows
• SGI IRIX
• Sun Solaris

Applications Supported
• SAP
• Oracle
• Microsoft SharePoint
• Microsoft Exchange
• IBM Lotus Notes

Databases Supported
• Oracle
• IBM DB2
• IBM Informix
A central console simplifies applying encryption at a client • Sybase
• Microsoft SQL Server

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Copyright (c) 2005 VERITAS Software Corporation. All rights reserved. VERITAS, the VERITAS Logo and NetBackup are trademarks or registered trademarks of VERITAS Software
Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.